Volvarina sauliae

Volvarina sauliae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.^[1]

Volvarina sauliae
Shell of Volvarina sauliae (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. sauliae
Binomial name
Volvarina sauliae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
Synonyms
Gibberula jousseaumi Rochebrune, 1881 Gibberula rachmaninovi Kellner, 2003 Marginella jousseaumi (Rochebrune, 1882) Marginella sauliae G.B. Sowerby II, 1846 (basionym) Prunum sauliae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.3 mm.

The small, rather conical, smooth shell shows two reddish lines across the body whorl. The spire is very short, the aperture is long. The columella is four-plaited, the last plait subincrassate. The outer lip is smooth, scarcely raised from the body whorl at its reflected margin. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde and Mauritius